New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-01
A sELF.WILLEp HEIRESS'
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n7ne determination OF Milo, Heleh no'.' ~ ~,
marry according DO her own wishes anu WIN
rscara for what the Rabbits, tho greae Da. ..,ns
family to which she belongs, or MIS- ufun.,
saw Is the town talk Of tho hour ana the
AZ the Jewish world In these parts Inv p0ro,
lady is the only daughter Of inc 'aso ,rotbe,
Solomon Rothschild by Rothschild' mn'e >, Wevo,
80 pothschila and Of the lineage Oh Meyer
pe,hsoh,,a tha founder Of the greao hVe'
beaded hank. Mile. Helen is not az JILL 30
ma has coarse figure ana pl~n
roh and coumon,looking Juoeo~N'in" "-
saos Ono of her passions Is nUi9e'
lnothar dogs another-and who Gun Di"iD e
her for il n-fne looking men hhe n,"n ~ ~
twisted in the banking dynasty 10 "iioh sn u,
go although it has been long mania Oh baron
n1nbonse Rothschild to disguise himself In ehe
morning and ct nightfall as olouse-wearnt
artisan and pay court to work. girls goins VI 80
burning from their work in the hope Oh hndins
Among them some pearl OF rare price whom ~
could induce before raining down gold on her "
love him for himself Mile. Helen Rothschild has
haen greatly attacked by slanderous tongues. In
Franco nobody understands a girl OF her lnae,
pendent character. She Is one of the best-heareeo
persons in existence, aspires really to do eooo ID
the world, and Is Of bounteous, untheatricai
nature. hating the artifcialities OF what IL Il
agreed to term thigh nfe.n She thinks the
Jewish Rabbis ore as bad oppressors as the
Catholic priests, inasmuch as they set their iaces
against mixed marriages. jewish marriages, DO
known. arc the grand source OF tho Rabbls In
comes, at least here Rabbits fec for Joining
the hands of o bride and bridegroom in irst-class
style is thousand dollars. His lowest one Is q
hundred dollars. Nile. Helen Rothschild is OF
opinion that If her ancestors had transmitted &c
her beauty, splendid health and fine brain, they
No. tf,.1a hon. IN
leaving her fortune which Is computed al
seventy millions Of dollars. ALI that her father
left her when she was an infant has increased
during her minority to that great sum total
ppulent Baroness Solomon Rothschiid was under
no temptation to enjoy any Of it, to take out OF
the heritage the money it cost for her daughters
maintenance and education.
The object Of the young lady's passion is q
Belgian cavalry officer Of old Catholic family
who last winter led cotill ons at her mothers
balls and is almost as pennilesS as the first Sake
poburg prince who quartered himself on the
English was when he went there to court the
Princess Charlotte of Wales. Baroness Solomon
Rothschild is also kind, good soul, and it would
grieve her greatly to stand in the way of her
bnly childs happiness. However. she thought
She must resist the young lady's viii, and ell the
more so as the whole kith and kin urged her to
DO So But this Helen of modern kind said
ehe was of age and meant to take her head. She
YOU'D not elope but would set up her OVID
account with all her personal attendants, horses
dogs and the rest at the house at Perrefonds Of the
noctor who presided at her birth, and stay there
until she had forced by legal procedure he
mother and ex-guardian to consent to her mar
fiage. This procedure Is termed the serving OF
hctes respectueux, or respectful acts, on the per
BON whose consent is required. What would be
hasier would be to geb herself naturalized English
nnd to induce her Belgian sweetheart to do sc
likewise. She could then get married according
10 English law, and without fuss and trouble, as
Did Lady Rosebery, at registrars office. Re
kent British legislation would secure to her the
entire management and possession OF her OWL
fortune. and her situation would be in every
way solid and regular.
In the Rothschild family the births OF girls are
very much more frequent than those of boys
Lady Rosebery was the only daughter of an Eng
lish Rothschild. Her two cousins who married
the Hon Cyril Flower and SON Of Lord Hard
mtclSe, were CONGRESSES of another member OF
the London branch The Frankfort Rothschild
who has just died had six daughters, one of
whom is the wife of Lord Rotischild. Daugh.
ters are greatly in excess Of sons In the family
pf Baron Gustave Rothschild, the only male mem
Der of the clan who married out Of IL until @
Short time ago Leopold Rotsehild the tenant OF
the manor house of Chiselhurst. where the En-.
press Eugene lived, sought wife among FAM
~ of Trieste Jews named Perugia. The women
hfe moro Independent than the mep in this great
banking dynasty, and In mind, tastes and feeling
heE supeiors, They are sick OF being cooped
I'd With hear Relations, Ind want to go out into
the wide world which Plagiarism and Christianity
have combined to form. Some of them from
teee point OF view 4 use the word In Darwiniap
Behse) have made wretehed matches. Prince dc
Wagram is o scamp. and though going on to fifty
bvhen Mile. Rothschild chose to become his wife
bad not sown all his wild oats. But she could
In becoming his wife boast that she was connected
with the royal family of Bavaria and with the
Empress Of austria the grandmother
tine Duke "a Bavaria, and aunt Of Jolly old Duke
Max. the father OF Empress Elizabeth. Hel
pther sister. married the Duke de Gramont,
nephew of Comte d'Orsay, Lady BlcsSingtons
eonin-law, and son Of the good for nothing For
high Minister Of Louis Napoleon, who plunged
France into the war Of 1870, and Of Miss
McKinnon, the daughter Of Scotch colonel The
Eramonts were always morally speaking ig
noble lot, and fancied it feather In their oar
to be descended from o mistress of Henri ".
The best part Of the Cabinet is in Algeria try
ing to counteract the effect In that colony OF NJ
Dues Ferrys tour. H. Loclroy is In Belgium
hnd General Boglanger has twice In the course
pf the week Appeared in public. On one occa
sion it was at bah at the Hotel de Vile, where
be came in at midnight surrounded by his etat
major. and was wildly acclaimed, and on the
Dther at the Military Charity bali at the Grand
Hotel This was one OF the prettiest fetes herr
kor long time One Of the courtyards was
arranged as the tent Of ON Arab chieftain by De
tnile the painter, who painted in distemper on the
walls behind it Algerian landscapes with native
cavairy There was at the end a torchlight pro
bess1on which went through the courts and round
the ballroom. IL was formed Of the best look
ing young soldiers and officers that could be
found In the army Of Paris, and bhe military
costumes worn In 1t embraced those OF every age
from the Gauls to those Of the present day There
was one of the densest crowds ever saw on Che
Boulevard which waited patiently for hours &c
bee the War Minister enter the Grand Hotel He
walked across 30 it with his STAFF and in full
dress uniform from the Army and Navy Club al